Morning Break: Medicare's Sell-By Date Extended

Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.

The Medicare trust fund now won't go broke until 2030, according to a CMS report Monday, or 4 years later than its actuarial analysis last year had indicated.

Two American healthcare workers treating Ebola virus victims in West Africa have contracted the infection themselves, according to CNN, which also reported that Liberia had closed most border crossings in an effort to stop the infection's spread.

Some people are using transcranial direct current stimulation as a mental performance-enhancer, writes Gary Stix at Scientific American.

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